Russia DOWNPLAYS fears of possible pneumonic plague outbreak

E. BETTER. YOU HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THE. CANDIDATE IS ON THE TICKET. MEANWHILE, AINSLEY. >> Ainsley: MEDICAL AUTHORITIES. ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE MONITORING. A POTENTIAL PLAGUE SITUATION. DEVELOPING IN RUSSIA, DESPITE. OFFICIALS THERE TRYING TO. PLAYDOWN ANY FEARS. >> DOUG LUZADER IN WASHINGTON. WITH THE DETAILS. >> GOOD MORNING, THE RUSSIAN. GOVERNMENT DOES APPEAR TO BE. DOWN PLAYING THE FEARS OF A. POSSIBLE PNEUMONIC PLAGUE. IGNORE SPECULATION. THIS COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF A. 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WORKED IN.

AN ANTIPLAGUE LABORATORY. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY HE. DIED OF SEVERE PNEUMONIA FROM. UNDETERMINED ORIGIN. LOCAL OUTLETS REPORT THAT SHE. BECAME INFECTED AFTER A TEST. TUBE CONTAINING THE PNEUMONIC. PLAGUE PATHOGEN BROKE WHILE SHE. WAS COLLECTING SAMPLES. DETAILED THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE NOW BEING. MONDAY TOWARDS AS A PRECAUTION. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. SAID THE ADMINISTRATION IS.

MONITORING THE SITUATION AND. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR. ALARM. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. OFFERING TO ASSIST RUSSIA JUST. HEARD ABOUT IT AND THEY CALL IT. PNEUMONIA. PNEUMONIA, YEARS AGO YOU COULD. TREAT PNEUMONIA EASIER. THE MICROBES, THE GERMS HAVE. GOTTEN STRONGLY. DISPROPORTIONATELY. WE WILL HELP THEM. >> SO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT. THE PNEUMONIC FORM OF PLAGUE IT. CAN SPREAD THROUGH COUGHING OR.

SNEEZING. THE SYMPTOMS CAN BEGIN 1 TO 4. DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE. THOSE SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE. FEVER, HAKE, AND WEAKNESS. BUT, THE GOOD NEWS IS. ESSENTIALLY ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT. CAN CLEAR THE INFECTIONS. THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC APPEARS. TO BE LOW. SO, THE BOTTOM LINE HERE THIS IS. A MUCH DIFFERENT DISEASE THAN, SAY, COVID, BUT HERE WE ARE ONCE. AGAIN TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL. LAB LEAK. >> Griff: I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. BECAUSE THIS IS A HEADLINE.

DOUG LUZADER IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU I TIME YOU HEAR A LEAK. THINK OF COVID. VERY SCARY TO HEAR THE PLAGUE. TALKED ABOUT. >> Lawrence: PERHAPS WE SHOULD. STOP PLAYING MAD SCIENTIST. MESSING WITH ETHICS. SOMETHING ALWAYS GETS OUT. >> Ainsley: THEY HAVE TO STUDY. AND RESEARCHERS HAVE TO DO THIS. THEY HAVE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Lawrence: WHEN DID HE DO IT. AND WHEN THE STRAND IS NOT.

DETECTED AND IT'S NOT HUMAN. GRADE AND THERE IS AN OUTBREAK, THEN WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH. COVID. SO I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A SAFE. WAY TO DO IT. BECAUSE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. IT'S HUMAN NATURE. BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE REALLY CAN'T TRUST THE. RUSSIANS WHEN DID T. COMES TO. MUCH LIKE CHINA. >> Ainsley: SHE WORKED.